Improvement in syringes



'W. -V.. WALLACE.

SYRINGES.

No.185,464. Patented Dec.19,1876,

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THE GRAPHIC Eli-N36 NITED STATES PATENT OFFIGEQ WILLIAM V. WALLACE, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SVRINGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,464, dated December19, 1876; application filed June 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WM. V. WALLACE, of the city of Boston, county ofSufi'olk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Syringes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description.

The objectof my invention is in a syringe with a single elastic tubewhich acts as an induction and eduction medium to form a bulbconnectionin a simple and practical manner, which I now proceed to explain andpoint out-- in my claim, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, inwhich' Figures 1 and 2 show a sectional view of the devices for unitingthe elastic tube at G to the bulb. Figs. 4 and 5 show the groovedwasher; A, the elastic tube, which is perforated at P in its side, andthe metal joint is inserted as shown in Fig. 6.

The washer W is formed concave on its lower side to clasp the tubingtightly, and being pressed firmly down by means of the bulb being forcedupon part 2. Part 2 may be made separately and provided with ascrewthread, and adapted to press the washer upon the elastic tube. Thegroove in the part of the washer which fits over the tubing prevents thewasher from turning and twisting the rubber out of place as the part2 isscrewed down, and thus forms an improved and perfectly airtightjoint,not liable to get out of order.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a syringe having a singleelastic tube adapted to form an induction and eduction medium, andunited midway to a bulb, the metal washer W, concaved upon its lowerside to press firmly the rubber tube to the interior metal core 1, saidwasher fitting loosely over the tube 2, all arranged as and for thepur-' pose described.

v WM. V. WALLACE; Witnesses:

(J. F. BROWN, A. E. DENISON.

